DELRAY BEACH RESULTS. Francis Tiafoe defeats Paul in the 2nd round of the Delray Beach Open

Frances Tiafoe ousts Tommy Paul 7-5 7-6⁴ in the 2^nd round in Delray Beach on Thursday. Tiafoe will engage against Ugo Humbert in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Francis conquered in the 11^th game (6-5) before winning the set (7-5).

2^nd set.

Francis clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 6^th (2-4) game, Francis broke back in the 9^th (4-5) game before winning the set at the following breaker at 4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Francis scored 84 points vs. Tommy’s 75 points.

Tiafoe served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (39/47) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 48% points (14/29) on his second serve. Francis won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 29% (2/7). On the other side, Paul was struggling when converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Tiafoe and Paul is 1-0 for Francis.

Next Match H2H: Frances Tiafoe vs. Ugo Humbert – stats

Tiafoe will fight against Humbert in the quarter.

This will be the 2^nd time that Frances Tiafoe and Ugo Humbert clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

Tennis Scores in Delray Beach

• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Jack SockSock (6-4 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Tommy PaulPaul (7-5 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Noah RubinRubin (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (6-4 3-6 7-6⁰) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-5 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Milos RaonicRaonic (1-3) – See H2H details
• Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – See H2H details
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Ugo HumbertHumbert (1-0) – See H2H details
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – See H2H details